make a better way for your family. a lot of towns make oklahoma unique, over 30 odd settlements of black towns in this state, what would occur, relatives would pool their resources together and say we got a community, we got a school. now let s incorporate and form a black town, an all black town, like langston, red bird, lima. uniqueness of oklahoma, old black town experience. but land ownership, keep in mind same time frame, mississippi, alabama, some parts of texas, arkansas, louisiana, georgia you were a share cropper. couldn t own land. couldn t own land. a lot of times that was the foundation of could you vote. couldn t vote, you couldn t represent your people of authority in terms of government. so land ownership was the backbone, the foundation of social progress. reverend jones was born a slave in tennessee. around 1856 or so. just a kid. so he was about roughly nine or so once emancipation took place. and he he migrated to oklahoma, muskogee area. he became an ordai